Ups and Downs / Yin and Yang
For most authors reviews are hard to come by and feedback is rare. Friends sometimes tell you what you want to hear and few readers take the time to send a review to Amazon or other sites.
In the space of a week I was lucky and received a phone call (positive), email (very positive and encouraging), a rejection from a website where I had hoped to list my last novel (very disappointing), and an in person...